Punxsutawney Spirit, 1910-12-30

              • -jMmd• ••■ jjjp -  flwr '"^OTb'TM^r■mM-X»^H9!! ■ I §:|v'' mm 6 WILUAM HYMAN AND v MISS STELLA HILBIG WED PRICE TWO CENTS 30, 1910. ♦ A NKW 8ERUS ♦ WHflMIIMM DttOfftfAfl rnfllPSiuHE BDoIIlSo SECTIfll HOMED OUT FWMCTAWNEY PA..FRIDAY EVENING 1 * VOL V-NOJB NEW POWER PUNT WHL BE ready early next month CtEBHEUT Jim | W FOOi HOIIEI Rises Several Thousand Feet Above Mt Wilson in California. HOXEY FLIES OVER HIGH MOIMTAII TOP Controversy Over Settlement of tlie Gas Case Is Becoming Warm. Italian Shoots and Kills Young American Who Had Teased Him. Blaze That Causes $100,000 Damages Rages all Morning in Thriving Town. k IE* USE FUD FOB AERGFUIES CLfARHELD AND TYRONE LEND THEIR AID ft mn inns n. ubk ASSASSIN ESCAPES MDISTEUT UKE The bride has been a resident of this section for several years. Sh«> is comly and has many friends. During the time that Mr. Hyman has been In business here lie has made innumerable f rends who wish hi in the best In life. The wedding occurred in Pittsburg some time last week but the day and other details were not given by Mr. and Mrs. Hyman, who are now visiting in New York. Miss Stella Hilbig, of Panic, and William Hyman, the ladies' taller, of this place were married recently in Pittsburg.' The fact just became -known'-Hj the many friends of th»- couple here, upon receipt of a letter signvd by Mr. and Mrs. William Hyman.NO CHANGE !i 20 TEARS The power plant of the Jefferam Electric Heat and Ll(ht comlpany w all but completed- and ju>t now It would appear that the company till be successful In switching on the "Juice" from ,the new plant very close to the first of the coming year. The new electric plant, one of the most modern and best equipped In this section of the state, means much to Punxsutawney. New arcs will be seen on the streets when the plant Is put Into service, arcs that will penetrate the fogs of which Funx'y is the victim. With the electric light plant comes activity at the silfk mill. The latter plant is now ready for- operation and the moment that the United Textile company officials are assured that the new electric plant is In running order the wheels of the Punx'.\'« newest industry will be started. until TOIICHT In tomorrow's Issue of The ♦ ♦ flRlrlt will be found the open- • '• In* chapters of one of the # ♦ Mil, If not the best, serial # ♦ stories ever published In this ♦ ♦ or any other newspaper. ♦ ♦ Those who are keeping In ♦ ♦ touch iwith the successful 4* ♦ plays of today through mas- ♦ ♦ azlneg ore aware that "Alias ♦ ♦ Jimmy Valentine" Is one of ♦ ♦ the biggest hits of recent • ♦ years. • ♦ The story has to do with a • ♦ crlynlnal, not one of the ordl- ♦ ♦ nary class, but a real artist ♦ ♦ In his line. The stort starts ♦ ♦ with "Jimmy" In prison. The 4 ♦ subsequent chapters tell of his < pardon, and of his life when H ♦ '  he ha* "turned straight." • ♦ Every lino is chock full of In- ♦ tcri'Ht, the kind that holds you ♦ ♦ breathless. The story# is ex- ♦ ♦ tremely well told and if you ♦ ♦ read the opening chapters of ♦ ♦ the bigr serial in tomorrow's  ♦ issue you'll have a hard time ♦ ♦ waltlnK for the second Instal- ♦ ♦ ment. Generous sections o* • ♦ the »tory will be tmbllshed ♦ dally und you will not be kept ♦ ♦ waiting long for thu end. ♦ POPULATION OF rum is 9.058 Town Makes Gain, of 34 4 Per Cent Gain the Past , Ten Years. 9*. H. S. and the Klskl to Meet at Y. M. C. A. Tonight the Punxsutawney High School basketball team and the fust *Klskl Reserves will meet in the gymtiaMum of the Central Y. M. C. A. •Covers of the sport cannot afford to (miss this contest as it promises to one of the most Interesting of the Reason. The Ki*ki five has been defeating some first class ILvcs in thin section, •and are confident of winning tonight's game. On the other hand "he local aggregation has improved •materially during the past two weeks and expect to put up the best gam* of the .season (onight. The game will start at 7:4>5 o'clock Mharp. It is the only gamp scheduled to be played in Punx'y until late in January. Former Jefferson Countians Win Important Suit The individual losses have not yet been ascertained. The heart of the business section of Phillipsburg was destroyed this morning by a lire that originated in the Chase barbsr shop shortly after six o'clock. At noon today the firemen of Phillipsburg. Clearfield and Tyrone, were still fighting the blaze, and at that time had it practically under control. The damage is estimated at $100,000. The Are was first discovered In the Chase barber Shop at .six o'clock this morning. An alarm was turned in and the firemen responded in good time, but the flames had already communicated themselves to adjoining structures, aitd in 'half an hour's time the whole block, the very flower of the business section, was ablaspe. At eight o'clock when it looked as though the Philipsburg company would be unable to cope with the tire, appeals for aid were sent to Osceola, Tyrone, Houtzdale, and Clearfield. Tyrone and Clearfield responded and gave material air although the fire was practically controlled when they arrived.The block burned was situated oH Front Street and among the business places consumed were: Chase barber shop; the J. N. Schooner block, including the Hell Telephone exchange. ! with about $40,000 worth of equipment; the Haggerty block; the Phillipsburg theatre; Hernon shoe store; Heed clothing store; Derblsh confectionery store; Haggerty bakery. Bedford Job and Printing office; Stoots pool room. In all six buildings were burned, three of which were brick structures, new cased, and the others frame. VETEUI SOLDIER RETIRES Nine thousand and fifty-eight were the figures given out this afternoon by the .census department.) AfterNpany months of waiting the population of iPunxsutawney has been announced by the census oureau and the figures, while they show a flattering Increase, fall tar 'below the expectations of the majority of the town's citizens. A.WKLKS. IV,-. 30.—Arch 1,1 »*«.-«.!,-m,. r.i: . holder of tlio Worlds aeroplane uJtitudi rfii.nl —11,474 fret—yiaterda.\ Il.vv over •Mount \V1 in, the richest ;m ak of th' mountain rnntr that rim* the \ ,1H-v in whirl, Los All*, ,.s, Pasaden.- and tilt, tonus Of the oraiiK,. belt ti.-. rn<l,, ideal weather conditions in stared IU.005 flit Into the sky. and the crest of .Mount Wilson with I _■ i»- to spare. I.leutennnt Vernon Boiler and ;ciral <>t;i«-r army offl< . rs. u ho (inhere to .si'f t;i,- flights, a.-sirtod Huxley's performance pointed a new wnv "r transporting urmlex air<is< inountain rangr.x. lieutenant Holler, who com? here from Fort Whipple, Ariz., said that '000 biplanes could trans,ort an army <»i 10,000 men a< r •>.- mountains as l'igh as the Alps in a day. Hoxsey osed it Wright biplau . equipped for passenger serv i » . an i he made t'he Journey from the field t<- 1 point beyond the mountain!! in one hour and L'x minutes The dlstat.ee s estimated at 34 miles. On an air line the distance from the He'd to the mountain is l«>s than that, hut Hoxsey eireled over the Held until he had reached his maximum height before he printed the nose of his ma hine toward the rang. . 11* was out of sight »» fore he made the attempt at topping the peak. News of his Was flash",] to the aviation Hold by teVp'hono from the Carnegie solar observatory on Mount Wilson, directly above which the aviator soared. "It was fearfully cold," said Hoxsey, "and when I got t<» a point just above the summit, I found that tho has* , which obseured the mountains fro mthe aviation field was a b avy pall of vapor tilled with tine ice partitles that stung my face. I am certain that if I bail bad a recording thermometer with me it would have shown the temperature of the upper altitude to be far below zero. However, hurdling mountains is much easier than climbing 11,000 f< .• t over a valley of the sea The earth doer not seem so far away." At that time there were three house* north of the railroad tracks and the entire f>opulatlon of Punxsuta-wney was not greater than that of the East End, lying to the north of tho tracks today. And the service is the same today as it was twenty years ago. Punx'y is ten times a> large and it is only reasonable to believe that traffic has increased correspondingly. AVith conditions sueh as they are It ought to be easy to secure the extra train. The B., It. J*, railroad company twenty years ago was running two trains out of Punx'y. Todav there are sixteen trains in and out of Punxsutawney on that line. That the train would pay is the belief of railroad men cognizant with passenger conditions on the Pennsylvania railroad. That it would help the merchants there can be no reasonable doutht. Twenty years or more ago passenger service was inaugurated on the Hells Gap, now the Ptinx'y-Hel'lwood division o»f the P. It. U. railroad. At that time two trains were put on, one leaving here in the morning and returning in the evening, ii»e other leaving In the afternoon and returning the next morning. Pns.m'iiftrr Service Same on |». It. i{, as it Was Nearly Quarter of a Century Affo If the merchants of Punxsutanvne> would present the facts as they stand to the otTiciuls of the Pennsylvania railroad connpany it is only reasonable to believe that an additional train over the Bellwood and Punx'y branch leaving here sometime between 6:30 and 6*46 o'clock, p. m.. could be secured. Without uttering a .word Rlzzo turned, going Into the store, locked the door, turned out the lights nnd when a few minute* later the door was broken down he was not to be found. Although the police throughout thl* section have been furnished with a minute description of the murderer no trace of his has yet been found. The victim of the murder was 23 years of age and a son of Mr. and. Mrs. Samuel Pulton. He had ibeen a resident of Olearfleld for a numiber of years and wan generaly liked and respected.Two .sons of Rizzo, who were with their father when the sooting occurred have been arrested. Rlzzo reoently opened a .small fruit store on the West Side, Cleareflld. bast night about 10:30 o'clock Fulton and a young man named Raymond Fletcher encountered hhn In a restaurant near his store. The walk fronting Rlzzo's store was covered with ice and the young men started to tease him about his failure to remove the ice. Ri7.zo grew intensely angry and threatened dire thlng-s tout the young men only laughed at him. A few minutes later Rlzzo left tho restaurant and walked into Ills store near 'by. Pulton and Fletcher Teft a few moments afterwards and started home. As they passed the Rlzzo store the Italian suddenly stepped through his own doorway and without warning llred. The bullet struck Fulton in the back of the head and clashing through his skull came out through the forehead almost tearing the frontal 1>one away. Death was Instantaneous. The police througihout this section of the state are on the loolkout tor Si RImo, alias Morris t'alambo, who last night foully murdered Fred Fulton, a young and well Known resident of Clearlield. The killing of young Fulton has aroused all Clearfield and It Is feared that If Ulzzo Is captured and returned to that town that violence will be ilone. f, 0. S. OF A. ELECT OFFICERS Y. M. C. A. BOWLING TOURNAMENT POSTPONED Army Medical Officer t<» lt«Mlro washi.V(;T(>\. I), c., Dec, :jo.— After more th:in thirty vimts" service in the medical department of the army, Col. John M. Banister will bo placed on the retired list tomorrow <»n his own application. Col. Panfc*ter is from MaHiamn and was appointed an assistant surgeon in 1S7I». Recently he has bqen stationed in Omaha, Neb. A recent decision of the West •Virginia "upreme court will t>e of interest to the residents of this section ■because It involved a former resident "oT Jefferson county, William Bond, •who In years gone toy was much toe- Tore the eyes of Jefferson county 'people as a candidate for various of*lces. i Of the case the Devis, West Virginia, News, says: "An important decision handed 'dotwn by the West Virginia supreme •court of appeals at Charleston, last •week, was the case of William1 C. •Bond and N. U. Bond against W. S Taylor and the Harper's Ferry Timber company, for about 8,500 acres of timber near (Durbln. Pocahontas •county, this state, which affirmed the •finding of the lower court. "The suit Involved title to a property worth a half million dollars, and 'was one of the most 'bitterly contested case* ever fought out In the courts •of "West Virginia, but was a series of •victories for these invincible plaintiffs over a period of six yearf.." ME GAS WELL GOOD, BUI m\E FirUBROIRJUl! CHRISTMAS DUCE IT THE IROQUOIS CUB The bowling tournament which was scheduled to be held at the Central Y. .M. C. A. on Dec. 19. was postponed until January 1(5. The committe in charge of the tourna•ment realized after the date had been Mixed upon that the Christmas rush land the fnct that many people were 'planning to spend the holidays out v>f town, would keep down the num♦ber of entries materially. Entries will be taken up until the •evening of January 14. If you are a bowling enthusiast you had better hand in your name at once. The change in the date, however, ♦should insure the success of the tournament. Already a sufficient number Is entered to maikc it a success. MRS. ELIZABETH WABDRBP •Membership of Local Camp Greatly ♦ Increased In Past Three Months i On Wednesday evening the Patri-| •otic Order Son* of America, Washington Comp No. 78»5, held their an-| •nual meeting and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: J. tH. Siwarmer, senior past president; L». Rankin, A. tBortz, president; vice president U. D. /wolfeyf'master ot forms; Harry secretary; H. B. assistant recording Potter, inspector; Wallace Wolfe, conductor; 'William H. Fairbanks, guard; William J. &\varmer, chaplain; Charles •Hurd, W. J. Swarmer, C. Guy Wolfe, •trustees for 12 months, 18 months •and six months, respectively. • During the time that the camp has •occupied its neivv quarters in the (Spirit building, it has increased in •membership from' twenty-three to forty. Corry City, 5,991; Dnnvllle, 7,517; Da rib y, «,305; Dickson borough. 9,- 331; Donora borough. 8,174; Dunmore borough, 17,615; Duryea borough, 7,487; East Conemaugh borough. 5,056; Ediwardsvllle borough, 7,487; Forest City ©orough, 5,749; Preeland borough, 6,19r>; Gllberton borough, 5,401; Green.vburg borough. 13.0'12; Greenville borough, 5,909; Hanover borough, 7.05,7; Huntingborough, 6,86'l; Indiana borough, 5,749; Jeannette borough. 8,077; Jersey Shore borough,' S,38*1; Juniata borough, 5,2»5; Kane borough, 6.626; Kingston borough, 6.499; Latrobe borough, 8,777; City, 19,240; Lelghton borough, 5,SIB; Lock Haven City, 7,772; Luzerne, 5.426; Middletown, 5,374; Milton, 7,460; Mlnersvllle, 7,240; Mount Carmol, 17,53)2; Mount Pleasant. 5.812; Nantlcoke. 18,877; New Brighton. 8,329; New Kensington, 7,707; Northampton, 8,729; Sharon, 15,270; South Sharon, 10,190; Phoenixviile, 10,- 743. " Tn"i»00 the population of Punxsutawney was 4,375 and that of Lindsey (borough, 2,731, or a total in the two towns, now 4gr«ater Funxautawney, of 0,746. The increase is therefore 2,312, or a percentage increase of 34.4 per cent. With the addition of Llndsey, Punx'y gained a population in the past ten years 4,683, or about 107 per cent. Not a bad showing? The population of other towns in this section follow: rROMBOLE AND SARGE WERE NOT TRYING TO GET AWAY Special to The Spirit. iWASHtlNOTON, D. C\, Dec. 30.— Today, after a career of nearly 45 years of faithful and efficient service as an officer of the United States army, Brig. Gen. Walter Howe, for some time past commander of the de-j partment of Dakota, was placed on the retired list on account of having reached thi- age limit for active service. The vacancy caused by his retirement in the list of brigadier generals is to be filled by the promotion of Col. Joseph W* Duncan, of the Sixth Infantry. Gen. Howe is from Indiana, and was graduated from the United States Military academy in 1867. During his early service he participated! in various campaigns against the Indians, notably in 1868, under Gens. Sheridan and Custer; in the Powder river expedition, in 1876, under 0*en. Crook when he commanded a force of some 200 friendly Indians, and again in the Modoc war, in 1878. From 1878 to 1898 he was employed in garrison duty with his regiment, except for some four years spent in duty as military instructor at the State college of Pennsylvania and at Cornell college at Mount Vernon. Ia. In 1898 he was placed in charge of the artillery defence# of the Potomac and the capital, and the next year was commissioned colonel of the 47th Volunteer Infantry, and sent to the Philippines. He and his regiment participated in many engagements. Prior to taking command of the department of Dakota in the early part of this year Gen. Howe served as inspector general of the department of the east. POPULATION OF PENN'A TOWNS OF OVER 5000 of several ir bone, and the latter not as at first sup- For n in Scotland Sen me to this lady. With Uriricd in Ad- Inning. confectionery hold in the >spect by th'' MRS. J9UA_BASTIKE ir». Julia Bastlne, wife of anno, of iLa'ne Averse, dlei enlnv following an jfiperntlor •med on her neck tft an ahr ?He deceased 6amaf to thU h her family fryn Eldrei flaaa plant was greeted hert gencioiy lovedf and reapec who View her./ dhe la fcrvlved By her huabai illdren. «er mot/er and one si Funeral servlMB will be held iy aftenoon n the West athollc cVlt*'■ Burial -will be i tine' Catholic Ce metery, Weal IRA KSSLAfl WILL RECOVER It was stated at the Allegheny flcnerl Hospital last night that lra< Kosslar, who was Injured in the Allegheny yards yesterday morning, an ex cellent chnnA for recover/l ' His lnjurts consisted/ broken rlbs.m broken vwia slight Interpol injuriey' being as s*ious as / posed. J / When KBsslar \yfs tlrst taken to. th> hospital tic p-hlXcians, following an examination, him to be ratally issued instructions that his relatives be sent for Immediately. Later he rallied and it Is now beliewd that he will recover. Mrs. Kesslar left Punxsutawney yesterday at nuon and Is now with her husband. Should the well ho pat down to a creator depth and the supply not Increased there would not be any cans* for sorrowing on the part of tha corropany. for the well as it stands, unless the pressure greatly diminishes, Is what the company characterizes as a "fair shallow sand well,'* whieh means that they would b« •willing to have a dozen or so more just like it. It is highly probablrt that a number of wells will be put down immediately in that terrtory. Depth of \hout "SO I Vet ("aline in in the Shallow Snml ac a The T. W rhillips Gas and Oil company are exceedingly pleased over the showing •>!" the well that was but recently drilled in on the Hlose farm near Hamilton, but they are not overly enthusiastic, as the well is what is known a a j-ha' low sand well and as a gen-rat rale wells found in the shallow sand some tilings called the *>alt" sand and the "old Murraysvllle" {.and are n good stayers. The well eame in if a great deal of fuss and its  has diminished somewhat as all um well.s do. but the pressure is such as to cause the gas cmpanmen to be jahJant. The showing or the well, a "wild-cat" is e\i<l"<< that a fair quant ty of gas can bfound in that territory at a similar depth. It eame in when th- bit wadown between 7r»0 and S00 feet. A 1thoil-rh 1t has not yet been do'i - nitely derided upon it is probab'o that the well will bo drilled deeper, the drillers being confident that a much larger supply will be found in tho deep f»and. \,eon last perb*ces8.place when . She ted by (By United Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—'The census office today announced the population of cities villages and boroughs of live thousand 'or over. Bradford, 14,546; Carbon'dale, 17,040; Franklin, 9,707; I<eba'non, It),240; Lewirtown borough, 8,- 1146; PlttMton, 16,247; Sharon bor'opgh, 16,270; Warren foorough,, 11,- ■080; Oil City, l'5,fl>57; Meadvllie, 12,- 1780; Mahanoy City, 15,936. Boroughs '—Am'brldge, 5,205; Archbald, 7,194; lAshland, 6,855; Ashley, 5,601; Ban'gor, 5,369; Beaver Fals, 12,191; Her'wick, 5,357; Bethlehem In Lehigh 'and Northampton counties, 12,837; 'Blakeley, 5,34 5; Bloomnburg City, '7,4(13; Butler, 20,728; Carlisle, 10,- :3'03; Oatasuuqua, >5,'250; Chamlbers•burg. Id,800; Cleartloid, 6,85'1; Coaldale, 5,1<{4", Coate-svlile. 11,084; Columbia, 11,454; Conshococfcen, 7,480. The deceased was on May 26. 1 84 5. ; country when a you 11 g her husband she Mart r rlan' almost since Its bed years th y conducted al storo there and wcr»j highest esteem and P« townspeople. Tho deceased had; iK'en a life long member of the Presbyterian Church. She was of a kindly disposition and her friends were correspondingly many. She Is survived by the following children: Mrs. Jane W. Stlckel. Mrs. Otto PMrkel. Robert Wardrop, of Detroit, Michigan; Mrs. Hector Campbell. Jr., of De-Lancey: Mrs. (J. H. Pasmore, of Clvimbersvllle; William and John Wardrop, of Eleanorh: John Reed, of flamm. a child to a former marriage, also survives her. Funeral services were conducted at 1:30 o'clock »t the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hector Campbell, Jr. Rec. H. O. Teagarden conducted the Borviccs. Rj4t(HM)Kil Adrian Woman l>l«'«| Tuesday at Home of Daughter in Detroit. Michigan. The body of Mrs. Elizabeth Wardrop, wife of William Wardrop, deceased, was brought to DeLancev yesterday afternoon from Detroit. Michigan, and was buried this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at DeLance.v. Death came to Mrs. Wardrop on Tuesday at the home ofv'her daughter, Mrs. Otto Stickel. of Mich., death being caused by cerebral hemorrhages. Seventy-five OoupleH Social Event of the Scumoii. Enjoy Big The Iroquois Club last night held its Christmas dance and—well, it rained. It always does, but the dampness outside had no effect on the spirits of the seventy-live couples who attended. The last dance is ever the most enjoyable in the ihistory of the club, and lust night's was no exception. The cheery Christmas feeling was in evidence on all sides and the formality that mars many functions was wholly absent last night. Ffrom until 1:30 o'clock the dancing continued with Intermission at twelve to partake of most delightful refreshments. The club rooms were most tastily decorated for the occasion with holly Mitchell's orchestra furnished the best of music, but the musicians came In for a great amount of criticism because of the briefness of the encores and the fact that the waits between dance* were almost as long as the dances themselves. wreathes, bells, etc. Among the out of town people present were: Misses Lottie and {Catherine Lund, Ruth Osborne, of DuBols: Beatrice McDonald, of Altoona; Effl'tf Newcome, of Big Run; Louise Langham, Minnie Rl-nn, of Indiana: Mary Jones, of rtttsburg; Man Morgan, of Pittsburg ; Helen Moore, of Madera; Lottie Redding, of Daytqn; Miss Clark, of {Houtsdale; Charles Calahun, of Pittsburg; June* Clark, of Houtidale; Charles Bailey, of DuBols; Cloyd Rlnn. Murray Peeler, Samuel Rinn, o'f^Indiana; Park McCartney, of Louis- Ned McCartney, of Mahoning; Mr., and Mrs. Barclay Woodward, of Gary. Indiana; S. Slier, of Spwrkle Mills; P. E. Mclntyre, of ReynoldsvHle; Allen E. Hall, of Seattle, Wash, ington.  It would appear taht the .men who gave ball for Joe Sarge and Bruno Trembole and who later had the ball lifted, were unnecessarily alarmed. Domlnec SargO, a brother of Joe, had been busy Tor several days endeavoring to raise sufficient money to ■ nnble him to secure an attorney to defend his brother on the charge of assault with Intent to kill. On Monday he left for Indiana, with that purpose In view, and while there 'he was taken ill, so seriously HI h's brother, Joe, "was notified and It was while the young Italian was on his way to nee1 'his sick brother that he wps apprehended. Trombole was not arrested at the station. The than who furnished his bail merely became worried and went to Trombole's house, and asked him to accompany him to the '8quire"s, which Trombole did. There the ball was lifted and Trombole was again arrested. Both were sent to Brookville this morning. A brother of Trombole and frtends of Sarge stated to a representative of The Spirit this morning that neither Sarge nor Trombole had intended running away. %nd that they were done a great injustice when they were rearrested. * End made End. Mon- d, two er. wit the was all evfc, form OALVKSTON. Tex.. Dec. SO.—Thu capture of Maipaso. the mountain Stronghold of the revolutionists In Chihuahua and the death of Colonel Cuznian from wounds in another and more recent battle, are. confirmed today In messages received from private Interests In Chihuahua. OfmAWA, Can., Dec. 30.—With R. A. Waite of Naw York, C. K. Calhoun of Montreal. Eugene Foster of Detroit, and other noted T. M. C. A. leader* among the participant*, the fifth annual boys' conference for Ontario and Quebec opened here today THE WEATHER WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. SO.— • Following is the weather forecast for Western Pennsylvania: Snow flurries and coldcr tonight. Saturday, fair. PITTSBURG, Dec. SO.—LouU Simon, aged 55, a department. store salesman, was found dead when his ■family called him to bo to work today. It is believed heart's disease caused ['Ms death. Special, to The Slplrlt tiEXUNOTON, Dec. 30.—Friends and admirers in many parts of the world remembered Rudyard Kipling today on the occasion of his forty- Hfth birthday anniversary. For several days past an almost countilew number of felicitous messages hav« been pouring in upon the noted author at hi* home in Suwax. The rapid-Are controversy between A. J. Trultt, Esq., and W. M. Gillespie. borough solicitor, who represented the borough in the case of the Soroush of Punxsutawney vs. the T. 'W. Phillips Gas and Oil company, Is getting warm. In. atlpwer to Mr. GUesple's communication of yesterday Mr. Trultt says: Editor The Spirit: Of course the gas case Is sonnewhat annoying. And honest, truly, we would prefer to subside, as we have a ft*w other affairs on hand that demand our time and attention. And It Is much easier not to think out or atoout these questions and to let them go. But as we said In our formei communication the only way to learn who and what is right or wrong Is by discussing these problems a they arise. We, the people, recall our troubles for many long years with the water company until Anally we got them adjusted and ever since we have enjoyed the Trults of our victory, and today Punxsutawney has, posstbly, as pure and excellent a quality of water and apparently as abundant a suipply as any place In Pennsylvania and we can welcome all persons Ho come to Punxsutawney the booming city of good water and reasonable gas rates—after We ge. there with the gas question also. If the eoi consume; ipel it ti Therefoj innot aiwney utler, I ties serve any right fo; Our borough solicitor must not forget who has employed him. Our town council Is paying him an annual salary of nve hundred dollars of the people's money to take care of we, - the people. (He has wobbled around on this gas question until at present ho is defending the gas company's side of the question. J-ust so long as he plays fair we will play with him, but when ha doesn't we will crack It to him— but all without any feeling whatever. When he tells us that one of his reasons' for settling the case was that the company threatened to withdraw its plant from (Punxsutawney and ffhle all Its gas to and only do business in Butler, Tarentum. New Kensington and Klttannlng, and leav > us to freexe If we Insist on the company fuUtlHng Its 20 cent contract with Punxsutawney, he Is unfair for this reason. He knows, or should know, what the merger agreement as recorded In Brookville provides, viz.: "The corporations so merged shall be deemed and taken to be one corporation, possessing all the rights, powers, privileges, franchises and property'theretofore vested In each of said cortporatlons and subject to all the restrictions, (Jlsaibilitles, duties and liabilities of /each of said corporations." And for ihe purposes of producing, n and transporting and supitural gas to the palblic. The lat the gas company or no ibllc service, corporation can dealing ii plying n< law is 0 other refuse what ine willing to pay the commodity ipany turns off the served. gas thi and co can go into court turn it back on the Phillips com- Irn Its gas oft from rlthout turning it off ew Castle and the supplies, and quitting cannot discriminate again. pany Punxs from other buslne against long as It has any gas we as a (part of it* clmrtered liabilities can compel it to do unto us as it does to the other cities. Of course it can quit business entirely lp all these towns Its charter embraces. By so doing it will forfeit its charter and all its franchises and all its rights to its oil and gas territory and all we the people then would do would be to get the glorious privilege of having our own gas company and enjoy it ai the 7.8C cents cost of production. That sounds millennial like, So that •whenever the company turns it oft liere wp will Instruct our solicitor to So into court and compel them to turn Itback oh again. So you sec we ■will not Permit you to mislead u». ICnowlnt gur rights, we will Insist on them' and not be bluffed out or »car'ed out Jast yet. Again, when he stated In his flrat explanation that he had a copy of our accountant's report at his office which »nyone could see and refused to let US see the same when we went there, this was also unfair, and competed us to go elMrfrhere. By the way, we never did thlnlk much of explanations. As lpng as everything Is done right explanations are not ne» essary. They are only required when we get In the soup. And when he tells us that he would prefer to pay 30c in order to, foster pur manufacturing interests of course that sounds good. To hav» ill our factories closed by high If rates end the employes and their families euffer Is surely a black side ttT look at. But -when we consider tlMkt our factories don't have to use ■m and that at the present have none using ga» 'or depend.!# upon It, It sort of spoils his apmpatltetlc appeal to us. /As to the statement that the comis only getting a profit of » HPl-WlJHttiD. Mass.,Dec. l».— Four urnoni were killed and 14 serlouily Injured u a result of the explo•ton of a boiler at Morewood lake Ice plant today. Ambulances and physicians are being rushed' to the scene from hsre. ■'Mow is it that the quail on your bill or far* la always atruok oft?" "TlMit'a just a fancy touch," explained tl* beanery waiter. "W(e never had a quail in the ' Joint."— LoultvlUt Courler^Journal. A % * -